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Trunk. No. 223,983. Patented Feb 3, 18 80.

WZZJ/ESSZS UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BENOIT BLOCH, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

TRUNK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 223,983, dated February 3, 1880.

Application filed November 14, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BENoIT BLOGH, of the city of Brooklyn, county of Kings, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Trunks, which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification and accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a perspective view of the trunk when closed. Fig. II is a perspective view of the same when fully opened and standing on its legs or stands. Fig. III is a bottom View of the trunk with its legs or stands folded. Fig. IV is a section View of the trunk when fully opened.

My invention consists in providing bureautrunks with a front cover divided into as many parts as there are (drawers and compartments in the trunk, saidfparts being joined together by hinges and attached to the trunk by means of spring-locks, these different parts being adapted to be opened and closed independently of each other, soas to enable to reach, at will, one or more of the drawers inside the trunk without being obliged to completely open the same.

My invention further consists in placing on each side of each drawer in bureau-trunks, on the edges of the grooves in which the drawer slides, near the opening, springs, which keep the drawer hermetically closed and prevent it from moving to and fro in the trunk when traveling; and it also consists in placing inside in each compartment, at the back of the trunk, a spring, which pushes the drawer out when it is requiredto be opened.

The outside of the trunk A, Fig. I, looks like an ordinary trunk when closed. After lifting the lid B, Fig. II, as with all trunks,

then the trunk opens in front down to the bottom, the front part, 0 O O, acting like a cover, which can be shut and opened at will. When opened the interior of the trunk can be seen dividedinto three or more compartments, in each of which slides a drawer, D D D, like in a bureau. In order to cause these drawers D D D to remain steady in the trunkand prevent them from moving to and fro when traveling, springs d dthave been placed on each side of each drawer, on the edges of the groovesin which the drawer slides, near the opening.

The drawer .when being shut runs on the springs d d, which prevent it from coming out when closed. To open the drawer, it is Sllfficient to press with the fingers on each side upon the springs d d, and the drawer, being loosened from the springs d 01, comes out of its own accord, being pushed out by another spring, d, Fig. IV, placed inside at the back part of the trunk.

The front cover, 0 C G, is made of as many separate parts as there are compartments or drawers in the trunk, each part 0 corresponding with a compartment or drawer, D. diiferent parts G O G are united together by means of hinges c 0' 0', Fig. I, in order to avoid opening the cover of the trunk down to the bottom when one or some of the drawers are only to be opened, for, by means of the hinges c c 0' and the spring-locks c 0, each of the parts 0 O O can be opened and closed independently of each other, according to the number of drawers necessary to be reached. These spring-locks c c" are placed on each side of the cover and trunk, and the cover or parts 0 O O are attached by them to the trunk.

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When the cover or parts 0 O O are opened down to the bottom of the trunk they rest against the stands or legs of the trunk, F F, upon which the trunk is raised. These stands or legs F F, Figs. IV and III, can be folded and unfolded at will under and from under the bottom of the trunk. v

The edges of the two sides of the trunk in front, and also the side edges of the interior of the front cover, 0 O O, are cut at corresponding angles, and the edges to a a of the two sides and of the bottom of the trunk in front are covered with a layer of india-rubber, to prevent humidity, setting into the trunk, and closing hermetically the same.

The front cover, 0 O 0, being closed and attached to the trunk, as aforesaid, then, in order to close the trunk, the lid B is allowed down, and the trunk is closed and locked with locks and keys I) b, as in ordinary trunks.

At the upper part of the trunk inside, near the lid, there is a tablet or board, E, which serves to cover the first or upper drawer and to keep firmly together the upper parts of the sides and back of the trunk. It can be used at the same time as a writing-desk.

To secure the hermetical closing of the trunk the lid Bis encircled outside with a projecting iron or copper band.

The construction of my improved trunk, although on the same principle as above shown and described, can undergo several variations. For instance, the front cover, 0 O O, can be made to open as a folding door, or to open from the bottom up instead of from the top to the bottom of the trunk; or the cover 0 C 0, instead of being placed in front of the trunk,

can be placed on either side, according to the position of the drawers, should they be made to close and open on either side.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A trunk provided with the front cover,

scribed.

BENOIT BLOOH. Witnesses:

SALOMON BRIsoN, EDMOND RoUssEL. 

